Approaching Psychoanalysis: An Introductory Course

ISBN-13: 9781855751576 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 252 str.

David L. Smith

Opis

A comprehensive user-friendly introductory account of Freudian theory and other major currents in psychoanalytic thought. It also includes biographical material on the major theorists. It helps to clear up many misconceptions about psychoanalytic theory and will be useful for students and professionals alike.

Spis treści

Introduction -- The Work of Sigmund Freud -- Mind and nature: the context of Freud's work -- Freud, Breuer, and hysteria: the cathartic method -- The very core of nature: the beginnings of psychoanalysis -- Screens and seductions: the rise and fall of the seduction theory -- Sweet dreams: Freud's topographical model -- Sex from the inside: Freud's theory of sexuality -- Illusion and reality: transference and psychoanalytic technique -- The psychology of the "I": Freud's ego psychology -- Psychoanalysis after Freud -- Enfant terrible: Wilhelm Reich in Vienna -- New positions: Kleinian psychoanalysis -- Winnicott in transition: a British Independent -- Self and object in America: the American Object Relations School and self psychology -- Grünbaum shakes the foundations: criticism from the philosophy of science -- Langs's raw message: communicative psychoanalysis -- Coda

O autorze

L. Smith, David